Recent Race Results

I am sometimes weeks or even months behind on this...

July 24, 2010
Bix 7
Davenport, IA
7 miles, very hilly

Deb will do this too



July 17, 2010
Lake Geode Triathlon
Danville, IA

1.5K (0.93mi) swim, 40K (24.8mi) bike, 10K (6.2mi) run


July 6, 2010
Night At The Oval
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
A series of bike races done on the Hawkeye Downs 0.5 mile race track
Overall placing for the evening, 13th of 15 in B Group.
8 lap scratch: 15th of 15
Mario Chipolini lead out race (three teams): 3rd of 3
15 lap middle track scratch: 11th of 15
Miss and out: 12th of 15
5 lap win and out: 10th of 15
granny gear ring (both groups): 10th of 13
big ring (both groups) 8th of 13

June 19, 2010
Quad Cities Triathlon
West Lake, Davenport, Iowa
600 yard swim, 15 mile bike ride, 5K run
Warm and wet suit legal, but I didn't wear one.
Swim 15:01 (2:31 min/100 yds), T1 2:36
46:59 (19.2 mph), T2 1:11
Run 23:02 (7:26 min/mi)
1:28:46 total, 255th of 605 overall, 24th of 43 in male 45-49

June 12-13
TOMRV (Tour of the Mississippi River Valley)
Preston, Iowa to Dubuque, Iowa, and back
~70 miles on first day, ~45 miles on second day, some rain both days
Deb did this too.

June 6, 2010
Pigman Sprint Triathlon
Pleasant Creek State Park, Palo, Iowa
600 yard swim, 15 mile bike ride, 5K run
Warm, but wet suit legal. I didn't wear one.
Swim 12:32 (2:18 min/100 yds), T1 2:44
51:38 (18.1 mph), T2 1:23
Run 24:09 (7:47 min/mi)
1:32:24 total, 223rd of 640 overall, 17th of 31 in male 45-49, 167th of 374 males

June 1, 2010
Night At The Oval
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
A series of bike races done on the Hawkeye Downs 0.5 mile race track
May 19, 2010
Chamois Time #1
Near Kalona, Iowa
13 mile bike race
~40 min
I came in last of 8 guys. I'm not a great cyclist but rather stupidly I swam just before this. I got dropped from the group before mile 2, I think!
May 8, 2010
Indianapolis Mini Marathon
Indianapolis, Indiana
Half marathon, 13.1 miles
1:36:25, 7:22/mi, 123rd of 1693 in male 45-49, 1178 of 14,446 men, 1318 of 31,044 overall
Deb did this in 2:22:02, 10:51/mi, 1042 of 2461 in female 35-39, 6626 of 16,500 women, 16,579 of 31,044 overall

April 24, 2010
Free State Trail Ultra
Lawrence, Kansas
100 K (62.1 miles).Mud mud mud mud mud mud mud mud mud. Epic.
16:09:32, 27th of 30 (but see blog)
See what I wrote at my blog.

April 17, 2010
Run For Renewal
Davenport, Iowa
5K, quite hilly, nice cool day
21:20.06, 2nd of 4 in M45-49, 10th overall
Considering the hills, I think this time is decent.

March 28, 2010
Kent Park Classic
Tiffin, Iowa
~4 mile loop, hilly. First to 6 loops wins. All finish on same lap so I finished 5 loops, 19.2 mi, ~1:11.
118th of 127 overall, 16th of 17 in Category 5. Chilly but otherwise nice.
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December 19, 2009
HUFF 50K Trail Race
Huntington, Indiana
50K, 31 miles, cold, snowy! Two inches of snow fell before the race, and it snowed lightly during the whole race.
5:13:17, 9:29.6/mi, 39th of 172, 36th of 132 males, 4th of 13 in m 45-49
Note: Actually distance was greater than 50K. Maybe 33 miles?
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Three laps of about 11 miles. The race may have been a full 33 miles but this seems unknown exactly. The results were listed as so:
Lap 1, 10.8 mi, 1:40:17, 9:17/mi (Yes this lap was slightly different from the next two.)
Lap 2, 11.0 mi, 1:46:52, 9:38/mi
Lap 3, 11.0 mi, 1:46:08, 9:34/mi (Pretty happy I managed to go faster that lap.)
It was a fun race with all the snow. Luckily not so much snow as to be really bad and in some ways it was nice because it probably made the course less rocky/rooty, but of course it was more slippery. I only fell once but not by slipping, but by tripping over a rock.

Race Recap

This race was fairly encouraging in a way. I hadn't trained as seriously for it as I did for Detroit or Boston yet I got a better time. On the other hand, this was a very flat easy course. Yet again, there was a wind that wasn't strong but annoying and it was a headwind most of the second half of the race. I ran the first half in 1:42:19 and the second half in 1:45:37. I noticed that most of the leaders ran a slower second half as well. Furthermore, I actually felt a bit achy most of the race, so I think I still have more speed in me if I work harder.

Race Recap

Man this race was nuts. It was raining off and on all morning, and during transition set-up. It was freakin' POURING just minutes before the race, during the pre-race meeting, which was hilarious. It was warmer in the water than outside. (Naturally the temp was 77 so wet suit legal. Amazing how often the water temp is 77.... I don't have a wet suit.)

I wanted to finish the swim under 50 min (pathetic I know but good for me). It was raining during the swim which is alright. Unfortunately just before the 2nd turn, about 2/3 the way to the finish, my legs (esp left) cramped so severely that I had to hold onto a boat for a few min before I could swim again. (This is legal as long as the boat doesn't provide you with any forward motion.) Took me just under 54 min. Argh. I'm sure that without the cramping I might have made it in under 50. (Last year I took over 59 min, which is REALLY pathetic. Last year I beat ONE person out of 460 on the swim. This year I beat like 15 of 480. Ha ha.)

Then we took off on the bike in a VICIOUS rainstorm, right into our faces. Most of the first about 16 miles was right into it. I don't think anyone was moving above about 15 mph max during any of that. At times I bet I was under 10 even on flats. The rain was like little darts hitting my face. Painful. Then we fought the crosswinds awhile, then a glorious ~6 miles with it at our back, which took about 8 seconds. Then back into the fierce wind for ~6 miles at about 10 mph. Then the crosswind, and then..the freakin' rainstorm STOPPED. No freakin' lie. We had just a gentle breeze at our back the last 16 miles. Geeeeeeeez. It was hard not to just look up at the sky and scream, "UNFAIR!" But even the gentle breeze at my back was helpful.

My goal was to leave T2 under 4 hr. Amazingly I left at 3:59-something. More amazingly I did the bike in like 2:59:40. Last year I did it in about 3:15 and on a practice run a few weeks ago it took me about 3:08. I was sure that I wasn't even going to do it under 3:20 after fighting that wind. I still don't know how on earth I did it under 3:00. I must have been pedaling like a madman.

So for the run, I took off and started cramping instantly, less than a quarter mile from the start. So I just slowed WAYYYYY down, telling myself I had two hours to do it to break 6 hrs, which was my goal. I did the first half of it in about 54 min. Slow but steady. Then about mile 10 I started feeling my legs really wanting to cramp. I kept slowing and slowing, plus that is where the big uphill was. At mile 11 I was at like 5:38. At mile 12 it was 5:48:45. I tried to pick up the pace just a tiny bit. At that last turn (about 300 yards?) into the finish it was nearly 5:58. About 50 yds from the finish I totally siezed up, stopped, and tried to stretch, frantically looking at my watch. My left calf was so cramped I couldn't really move on it. So I had to finish by pointing my left leg out to the left (in order to not stretch the calf) and hobbled over the finish line like that. I felt like a total idiot hobbling the last 50 yards, but I really wanted that dang 6 hr. I made it by 41 seconds. Ha ha. My half-marathon time was like 2:00:05. Slow for me but in retrospect I ran it perfectly. Any slower and I wouldn't have made 6 hr. Any faster and I would have cramped earlier and been reduced to walking. (Last year I did it in around 1:57 so it's not too bad I was only 3 min slower. Last year I also had cramping during the run.)

One good thing is that it was that it was cloudy and relatively cool during the run until about mile 11 when the sun came out. Some people were an hour or so behind me though so had to do nearly all of that run in the sun.

As usual, cramping was my nemesis. I wish I could get that under control. I also didn't run much all summer but I still think I could do the run in 1:45 if I just wasn't cramping.

It was a crazy race. I could barely sleep last night because my left calf hurt so much until I took some ibuprofin. I still cannot walk right. I'll be fine in a day or two though.

After the race I couldn't really eat, being on the edge of nausea. I forced myself to nibble at some pizza and spaghetti and a banana. I think my Trihawks friends had a party but I was just too beat to even attend. I went to my gym, showered (in my tri-gear because it stank badly) and sat in the hot tub a few minutes. Dinner was a medium Godfather's pizza (I was starving by then). Then a large Hershey's chocolate malt from Heyn's Ice Cream. Then a Hefe"r"weisen beer from Millstream Brewery. Well-earned, I thought.

Thinking it all through, I think that with a wet suit, a new bike, and if I can figure out the cramping business (and also without fighting a rainstorm) I could possibly do this race in 5:30. Some day. I have plenty of room for improvement, if I have the desire (and money).

Updated a few weeks later: I think the cramping was in part due to not resting enough before the race. It's true that on Thursday I only swam, and I took Friday and Saturday off, but I still didn't feel fresh. I should have also done a lot more stretching that last week.

5K 0:24:36
10K 49:04
15K 1:13:45
20K 1:38:56
1/2 marathon 1:44;19
25K 2:30:37
30K 2:28:46
35K 2:54:11
40K 3:18:45
Finish 3:29:37

Race Recap

It was absolutely PERFECT yesterday. Started in the low 40's and end probably around 50. Very little wind on a course which traditionally can be windy, I heard. The first half had us running over a big bridge (Ambassador Bridge) into Canada which of course was a "hill" and then back to the USA under the tunnel which was another hill coming out of it. Not big hills though. The 2nd half was totally flat.

I ran the first half with the 3:30 pace guy and did it in almost exactly 1:45:00. Around 15 miles I scooted ahead of the pace guy, not on purpose. I was probably barely a minute ahead of him most of the time. Around mile 22 I started hurting but not horribly so. At that point I felt the only wind of the day, coming right down the street towards us and although it wasn't strong it was slowing me down some. At mile 24 I was starting to poop out, but managed to keep my pace up alright (I didn't dare look back to see where the pace guy was but kept imagining him at my heels) and got over the finish line at 3:28:05, with little energy to spare. So I'm very very happy. I had to run a 3:30 to qualify for Boston. (Actually 3:30:59, they give you 59 extra seconds.) So I qualified by almost 3 minutes, about 1/3 of a mile.

Honestly I didn't feel totally at my peak. I might have peaked 2 weeks ago at the half-marathon. My legs were a bit tight and sluggish on the first half yet strong enough, but I felt quite good at miles 15-20 and that really helped my psyche. At mile 20, my usual crash, I felt still pretty strong even though I was weakening some but not in a disheartening way. By mile 22 I was fairly sure I'd make my 3:30 goal time even though I was hurting some. I was only hoping I wouldn't cramp. My left hamstring was tightening - my usual pre-cramp feeling - but it stayed okay to the end.

Deb was amazing. She was shooting for 2:30 in the half. Her previous best was 2:40. She ended up with a 2:20! She ran the whole thing, which was a first for her. I actually thought she said 2:28 when I first saw her and it was like an hour later when I realized she did a 2:20. I couldn't believe it. Now she can starting thinking about that 2 hour half some day.

Get this: I was 459th of 460 overall in the swim. Ouch! I can do better. A few issues slowed me down. Here is a recap of this race.

First, I had made up a race goal of 6 hours, only because that was a round number. Carrying this further, I made up the times of 50 min swim, 3:10 bike, and 1:55 run, which with 5 min of transitions would give me 6 hours.

In the swim I took off and had a panic attack about 100 yards out. Not exactly sure why, but I was getting creamed by others. It turned out that the whole way I was run over, from beginning to finish. I really got beat up swimming, which I didn't mind although it often made me stop to get reoriented. Anyway, I think the panic attack happened not just because I was being run over so badly, but because I looked up and couldn't see any buoys and the lake looked huge. I felt like I had been dropped in the ocean. It was me and a bunch of dolphins or something. Not cute dolphins. Big black (wet suits) mean dolphins. So for a few min I breathed every other stroke and thought of flipping over onto my back but didn't, but then settled down and got into a good groove. Then I started looking for the first turn (course was a triangle). I couldn't believe how long it was taking to get to the turn. After a few buoys I saw a buoy up ahead and figured that was it. No. And not the next one. And not the next one. WTF? I swear it took 30 min just to get to the first one. At this point I'm thinking that if I'm 1/3 done, I better conserve energy. Turns out that I don't think this triangle had 3 equal sides. I should have checked beforehand the swim course (still don't know). But I think maybe the 2nd side was shorter, and the 3rd side even shorter still. However I slowed my pace to conserve energy. Even when I made the last turn and saw the finish, I really couldn't gauge the distance from that vantage point. When I finished, I realized I still had unused energy. My time was like 59.5 minutes. Ugh. I could have swum faster. I actually felt quite good during most of the swim. I thought I'd do better. In the last couple of months I've swum at Geode by myself a half-dozen times, up to 60 minutes. However that lake is calm. This lake had waves which I'm not used to. Maybe they were small waves but they felt big to me. When I turned to breathe, waves would wash over my head and face. Then there was this jerk in a boat who would drive by and create even bigger waves! I almost yelled at him. Dumba$$.

Okay, I just have to add this: In my defense, it should be noted that of the 460 swimmers, probably 5-10 of us did NOT have wet suits, and I was one of them. Wet suits keep you buoyant and while they are technically probably not supposed to make you faster, everyone knows they do. So, yes, I would have fared better had no one been wearing a wet suit? How much better I don't know. Not a lot, but some. (Having said all that, Brent from my team didn't wear a wet suit either and kicked ASS. But swimming is his thing!

While I'm making excuses for my performance, I might also point out that my bike is quite old. In fact I bought it used about 4 years ago so I don't know how old it is. Plus I don't use bike shoes which evidently help a lot. So there's that. Excuses excuses! I really don't care where I place, as long as I have fun, see some improvement over time, and keep in shape. I'm doing that.

I learned some lessons in this race: try to know the swim course lengths before jumping in. And don't expect to see buoys all the time. Oh, I also probably swam 1.5 miles because I cannot swim a straight line. I was all over the place, including to the right of some buoys. Is this even legal?? No one penalized me. I did go to the left of the 2 turn-around buoys so I didn't cheat the course length. I don't know how to learn to swim straight. Practice, I guess.

Going up to transition, my bike was sitting all alone in my age group. We had to put our bikes in our own "wave" area. That was a little depressing, to say the least. Many many bikes from waves AFTER mine were already gone.

I got on the bike which was fairly uneventful and relatively relaxing, in a way. (You gotta be able to relax some on a race this long, I think. Biking is the time for it in a triathlon.) I purposely never looked at my speed because when I do, I have a tendency to speed up, to go 'just a bit faster.' I tried to, again, conserve energy the whole way, to never go all out, and possibly could have went a bit faster. I ate a lot and drank a lot. Did the potato thing. (I had left my electrolyte/protein powder at home so that was a bummer. I ate a protein bar.) Bike time was like 3:16. Not bad.

In the run I started out slow and easy, and at the turn around felt I could speed up. But as happens with me periodically in summer races, cramps struck my legs. Actually I didn't ever totally lock up or even cramp badly, but I was on the edge of cramping the last 5 miles or so, so I slowed considerably. This kinda bummed me out because my legs felt fairly strong. I think I could have run 1:50. I drank at every water station and ate bananas and oranges and my salt tablets and Gu, and managed to hold off bad cramping, but it slowed me. It was much hotter (or so it felt) than I thought it would get. In fact I'm fairly sunburned. Many were walking and I saw others cramping/stretching. I did run the whole way other than at the water stations. Happily I passed many people so that was nice. Final time was about 1:56. Decent but I could do better.

I drank a lot and sucked down all kinds of electrolytes, so I don't think hydration/salts caused the near-cramping. It was simply not being trained right and the heat. Overall I'm happy though. From last place after the swim I managed to end up 27th of 33 in my age group. I had no real training program for this and just made stuff up, tossing in long rides when I could and some bricks. I didn't taper much (last Sat I biked 40 and last Sunday I ran 20, although I felt like crap and really ran/walked 19.5. On Wednesday I did my full speed workout.)

Overall, despite my comments above about problems, I'm fairly happy I did that well on my first try. There's room for lots of improvement should I try it again and take it more seriously.

This is not at the finish of my race, since it is light out. But this is coming into the start/finish area.
Me with race director Andy after the race. It looks like Andy is trying to keep me from falling over. I look emaciated or something.

Here is a race summary:

Race started at 6am so I finished at about 5:22pm.

The race itself was extremely hard. The weather was actually kind of nice. Chilly, which is good. Some rain during the race but that was no problem. However, there was a ton of rain the few days before the race, so the amount of mud I ran through was ridiculous. Deep thick gooey mud, for 50 miles. Every bit of this race was trail or open field. It was very hilly too. Steep hills. Up and down. There were times when you were doing nothing but going up or down for 2-3 miles in a row. Going downhill was very painful by about 25 miles. My quadriceps were completely blown out by 30. I had major shin splints by then too and was nearly screaming "ouch" every time I had to go down a hill, from all that braking and straining not to fall on the slippery slopes. They had one hill that required a rope to go up, to pull yourself up using your arms, and you really needed it because the hill was nearly straight up and of course muddy. (It was kinda nice to use my arms instead of my legs though.) There were two mid-calf-high creek crossings, and those felt wonderful on my hurting feet and I wanted to stop and just let my feet go numb. There were numerous muddy ravines to run through. The mud was certainly the main reason so many dropped out. It's hard to describe how hard it was and how much muscle effort it took to keep from falling. I had to use every muscle in my ankles and calves and knees and quads and butt and hips and back and even arms to remain upright. Ironically, my only wipeout came on a wooden bridge. They were slick from the rain and my feet went right out from under me. Luckily I fell straight down. Had I fallen bit to the side and I would have fallen about 15 feet. The course was treacherous and I'm not sure how no one got seriously injured.

Overall, it was a blast. I'd probably do it again. The winner did it in like 8:03! When I finished my 3rd lap (30 miles), he happened to be finishing his 4th lap (40 miles). Dude was 10 miles ahead of me and we took off about the same time and he looked totally fresh.

I'm happy with my 16th place. What I discovered was that while my pace was slower than some, I took very short breaks at the aid stations. A number of people repeatedly passed me while running, but they would stop for 5-15 minutes at aid stations. My longest stop may have been 5 minutes and often it was about a minute or so, enough to eat some food, change water bottles, drink up, etc.

Lap 4 was the hardest. I was really in pain and the finish felt a long way off. During that lap I did my first 'walk'. Actually, I walked all the steep hills. There's virtually no way to run those even if they were dry, and they were wet. I also walked, or skidded down, the steep downhills. Some crazy people can run down steep downhills like mountain goats. It's freaky to watch. I don't know how they do that. I have to go down gently or I'll land right on my face. Anyway, in lap 4 I had a one-mile semi-flat stretch that I walked at about the 6 mile point. However I think that helped and I was able to run the last 3 miles of the lap. Lap 5 felt better, in part because the pain just wasn't getting any WORSE and that was kind of nice, knowing I had kind of reached a certain limit in pain for the moment. I did the same one-mile walk in lap 5 and was able to run to the finish. While I was completely worn out, I suppose I could have kept going, albeit at slower and slower paces, for maybe another lap, maybe two. Don't know.

Here's an odd fact: During the whole 11+ hours, I went to the bathroom once, and that was to pee. (Just stepped off the trail for a second...)

I just drank and ate what felt right. I brought with me 4 bottles of my electrolyte/protein drink and some salt tablets and supplemented this with water and even some Pepsi (for the caffeine and energy burst). They had all kinds of snacks at the aid stations. I ate what felt right. A few times my stomach didn't really want anything but I might eat some pieces of baked potatoes that they had. I ate a lot of peanut butter/jelly sandwiches. Those just hit the spot. I stayed away from the M&M's and sugary stuff for the most part (except for the jelly and the Pepsi..I would rather have had Diet Pepsi but didn't see any). Most of the day I wasn't too hungry from all the little snacks but I recall at the beginning of lap 5 being starved (it was late afternoon by then) and I shoved down more pb&j's at an aid station.

They had a cook at the start/finish line making hot foods. I didn't want that during the race (many did, I suppose) but afterwards I ate a bbq sandwich, a turkey sandwich, and two bratwursts. I then ate like half of a pound bag of M&M's. And about 4 Pepsi's.

What's astounding is not only that guy who did it in 8 hours, but there was simultaneously a 100 and 150 mile race going on. The 150 mile people had started the day before. They really do run all night, non-stop (well some do...some stop for long breaks or even take naps). These people are amazing. In the 100 mile race the 2nd place finisher was a woman. Her pace was nearly the same as mine except for the 3 laps she did in the middle of the night where she slowed some. The 100 milers started with us 50 milers. She finished at like 10am Sunday morning (just under 28 hours). In her blog she said she wasn't even sore afterwards. Not sure I believe that, but she was running a few days later. I, on the other hand, thought that maybe my quadriceps had been torn off my legs and left on the course. The excruciating pain I felt the next 5 days or so seemed to be due to my bare thigh bones that were probably cracked in half, or so I imagined. As much as I practiced hills, I wasn't ready for this intense up and down trail in the mud.

It turns out, I guess, that women do really well in these ultras, compared to "shorter" races like marathons and below. A number of these ultras have been won by women. After Dean Karnazes ("Ultramarathon Man" is a book he wrote) ran 262 miles with no sleep, a woman (Pam Reed) broke that record and did 300.

I personally like the 50 mile distance: You can do it all in the day. I have no desire at this time to even think about a 100 mile race where you'd have to run all night. No appeal there. I actually missed no work to do this race. For a 100 mile race I don't see how you just go back to work. I don't see how you train for it either. Even for this 50 mile race I had a few runs that killed off pretty much a whole day. One practice run started at 2:30 am so I could finish in the morning. Another time I ran 51 miles over a 3-day period, all in the morning, Friday (before work) through Sunday. 50 miles is a good tough distance. Beyond that it becomes way more than just running.

The recovery period was odd. As I said, the pain for a few days was intense. Quads and shins were blown and tender. Lesser pains in my hips and lower back would crop up and go away. Yet one week later, I finally went out to run, and did 8 strong miles and everything felt great. In fact I'm doing the Louisvile Marathon this Saturday (2 weeks after the 50 miler, I had planned to do the half but feel good enough to switch to the full).

How's that for a long summary.

October 22, 2005
Walk With Us to Cure Lupus
Chicago, Illinois
5 K (3.1 miles)
Deb and Me

October 9, 2005
Chicago Marathon
Chicago, Illinois
26.2 miles, perfect weather - in the 50's
4:06:40, 12,293rd of 33,012 finishers
I crashed the last 6 miles. I was hoping for a 4 hour marathon and I finished the first half in 1:58:36. Darn it.
Me
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September 4, 2005
Q95 Rock 'n Run
Indianapolis, Indiana
30 K (18.6 miles)
2:55:41, 152nd of 253

July 30, 2005
Bix 7
Davenport, Iowa
7 miles, hilly course
1:01:37 (1:00:20 unofficial), 2678th of 16,711

July 4, 2005
Freedom Run
Indianapolis, Indiana
5 miles - toasty 80 degrees
40:58, 251st of 647

June 4, 2005
DINO Trail Run
Indianapolis, Indiana
About 9.7 miles - warm weather
1:31:14, 61st of 95 (Dang, these people are fast.)

May 7, 2005
OneAmerica 500 Festival Mini Marathon
Indianapolis, Indiana
Half marathon (13.1 miles) - warm weather
1:51:33, 3907th of 25028
picture 1
picture 2
finish line
some of my running buddies

March 5, 2005
500 Festival Training Series
Indianapolis, Indiana
10K (6.2 miles) - cool calm weather
49:39, 127th of 827
My pace for this was 7:59 per mile. This is good for me. I broke 8 minutes!

January 8, 2005
Siberian Express Trail Run
Danville, Illinois
7.6 miles - 30 degrees, a few inches of fresh snow, LOTS of MUD!
1:11:00 unofficial, 1:11:11 official, 177th of 384

November 25, 2004
Drumstick Dash
Indianapolis, Indiana
4.5 miles - cold but sunny
36:11, 327th of 1534

October 29, 2004
Run Like Hell
Indianapolis, Indiana
3 miles - very warm for October
24:11 (23:58 unofficial), 117th of 611
I ran in this costume

October 16, 2004
Lupus Walk For A Cure
Portage, Indiana
5 K (3.1 miles)
Deb and Me
Receipt for those who donated

September 26, 2004
Quad Cities Marathon
Moline, East Moline, and Rock Island, Illinois; Bettendorf and Davenport, Iowa
26.2 miles, beautiful weather - nice and cool
4:09:03, 257th of 464 (Time at 13.1 miles: 159:10)
picture 1 (I'm wearing the white cap.)
I finished!

July 24, 2004
Bix 7
Davenport, Iowa
7 miles, hilly course, fantastic weather - nice and cool
1:00:13 official time, 58:40 unofficial, 3004th of about 19,000
picture (I'm in red in the middle.)

May 8, 2004
Indianapolis Life Mini-marathon
Indianapolis, Indiana
Half marathon (13.1 miles), very warm. There were three heart attacks, and one death.
1:57:33, 4929th of 18367. I think more than this ran/walked (30,000 signed up) but they discontinued timing due to the conditions. My time was lousy. I was weak, but not from the heat, I think. Next year!

March 20, 2004
Holliday Park Trail Run
Indianapolis, Indiana
5 miles, nice day
48:59, 113th of 443

January 24, 2004
Bop to the Top, Benefit for Riley Hospital for Children
Indianapolis, Indiana
37 floors, 515 feet, 806 steps, plenty painful
I think I ran about 5 flights, and walked the rest.
7:18 (7 min, 18 sec), 217th of 607
Receipt for those who donated

January 3, 2004
Siberian Express Trail Run
Danville, Illinois
7.6 miles, rain and very muddy and cold
1:06:48, 213th of 517
This is not me but it gives you some idea of what we ran in. Everyone was at least this dirty by the end - much worse if you slipped and fell. For every step forward, I slid a half step sideways or back! I fell a couple of times but luckily caught myself with my hands.

November 8, 2003
DINO Trail Run
Indianapolis, Indiana
15K (9.3 miles), below freezing
1:30:55, 36th of 75
Me (I'm in shorts)
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September 28, 2003
Quad Cities Marathon
Moline and Rock Island, Illinois; Bettendorf and Davenport, Iowa
Half marathon (13.1 miles), great weather
1:48:02, 161st of 588
Me
Me

August 16, 2003
DINO Trail Run
North Vernon, Indiana
15K (9.3 miles), hot and muggy
1:43:19, 45th of 56 (ouch!)
Me (I'm orange.)
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July 26, 2003
Bix 7
Davenport, Iowa
7 miles, hilly course, good weather
1:04:01, 3482nd of 19,854
Me

May 31, 2003
DINO Trail Run
Indianapolis, Indiana
5K (3.1 miles), very muddy
29:24, 61st of 144

Septermber 21, 2001
Quad Cities Marathon
Moline and Rock Island, Illinois; Bettendorf and Davenport, Iowa
Half marathon (13.1 miles), cold and rainy
1:53:01, 159th of 406